Sustainable Summits 2016

Last winter I attended the inaugural, for NZ, Sustainable Summits Conference, at Mt Cook Aoraki Village and did several posts on same. It was one of the most interesting multi-day events I’ve ever attended. For it’s duration my friend Carla Braun-Elwert filmmaker editor artist, made videos, and she has now published them as below. Click…

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Many people arrived the evening before the conference and after registration enjoyed a social hour or two at the Dept of Conservation [DOC] Visitor Centre where we were welcomed by organiser John Cocks and Mike Davies the manager of Mt Cook National Park The conference kicked off on Monday 8th Aug. with a whakatau /…

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Thursday 11th August 2016, as the conference wound down. Optional field trips – attended by a few participants included: Exploring the conference themes through the Hooker Valley, Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, led by: Ray Bellringer DOC. and Skiing the Tasman Glacier. Many thanks to the organisers The New Zealand Alpine Club, and to Ross Cullen…

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